This one meant a lot to him and to the player he coaches, his top-ranked nephew Rafael Nadal, who was in a tough spot Thursday, one point from trailing two-sets-to-none against the man to whom he lost - in the same stadium, same round - two years ago at Wimbledon.

As the younger Nadal began turning around the match, evening it at a set apiece on his opponent's double fault, the older Nadal dispensed with any sense of decorum, leaping up from his Centre Court seat, punching the air, and shouting "Vamos!"

From there, the ultimate result quickly became apparent. Rafael Nadal came back to defeat 52nd-ranked Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4, returning to the third round at the All England Club for the first time since 2011.

"I didn't want to lose another time against a guy like this," Toni Nadal said. "I don't like to lose against a player I find" unprofessional.

In 2012's second round, Rosol was ranked 100th, and Rafael Nadal was on a streak of having reached the final in five Wimbledon appearances. Rosol, 6-foot-5, played an unrepentantly risky style that day, aiming for lines and putting shots where he wanted, pulling off a five-set victory.

Rosol engaged in some gamesmanship then, including moving around while waiting to receive serves and, Toni said Thursday, making noise as Rafael was hitting shots. After the rematch, Rosol complained Rafael took too much time between points and lamented that the chair umpire didn't intervene.

Of Rosol, Toni said: "It's normal that we want to win, but it's true that for me, it's worse to lose with him than with another guy."

Rafael Nadal, for his part, said he wasn't thinking about two years ago. Still, for nearly two full sets, it was hard not to recall that match because Rosol played similarly, hitting hard, flat strokes that didn't miss. When Rosol broke for a 3-2 lead in the second set with a cross-court backhand, he had a 24-9 edge in winners.

Nadal broke back to 4-all, whirling around and throwing a celebratory uppercut, but again was in trouble at 6-5 in the tiebreaker. On that set point, Nadal whipped a winner he called "a perfect forehand for that moment" to get to 6-all. Two points later, Rosol plopped a second serve into the net for a double-fault that ceded the set, and said later: "In the end, he was more lucky."